No. 005 poem Ask the streetlight

Ask for street lights

January 10, 1990

I dare not walk in front of you

I'm afraid of hurting your feet

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One step away is a smooth road

There's only one leg

Sink too deep

You can't help yourself

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You only have one eye

It grows on the top of the head

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Why? Always after the sunny days have passed

before opening his dim eyes

Let's take a look and look up

I couldn't see the gods who were three feet close to me watching silently

I can't see the moon, and I'm looking for it

You can't see the stars winking at you

Friends who can't see themselves have spread to the ends of the earth

You're always lonely looking down

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For whom the wind is exposed all night

Not moving an inch until dawn

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You look at it without blinking your eyelids

I saw through the hustle and bustle

I saw the complicated relationship clearly

The glitz is endless, and you look down on it a little

It's dark and boundless, and you can see through a few inches

Streetlights, have you ever been young

Why is your gaze always so dim?

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The road is the dragon, and you are the dragon's claws

The road is the boat, and you are the oar

The road is the fish, you are the fin

Where is the eloquent mouth

Where is the sense of smell chasing the smell

Where is the spiritual ear that catches the sound of the wind?

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The winds of debauchery will shake you

Brilliant lightning wants to seduce you

The thunder of the heavens will smash you awake

The whip of the storm will wrap around you

You don't give a damn

You hang your head and stick to your integrity

A intestine leads to the ground

Whether or not anyone is watching

You haven't even lifted your loins

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I always ask you for directions when you're confused

Why do you bend into a question mark and stare at the soles of your feet every time?

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